''Patrinia scabiosifolia'', the eastern valerian or golden lace, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and ea ...

. It is native to southeastern Siberia, Mongolia, the Russian Far East, most of China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and the

Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...

, and it has been introduced to

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

. In Japan it is one of the popular Seven Flowers of Autumn. A spreading perennial, it is readily available in commerce.

Subtaxa

The following forms are accepted: *''Patrinia scabiosifolia'' f. ''crassa'' – central

Honshu , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separ ...

*''Patrinia scabiosifolia'' f. ''scabiosifolia'' – entire range

References

Valerianoideae Garden plants of Asia Flora of Chita Oblast Flora of Amur Oblast Flora of Khabarovsk Krai Flora of Primorsky Krai Flora of Sakhalin Flora of the Kuril Islands Flora of Mongolia Flora of Inner Mongolia Flora of Manchuria Flora of North-Central China Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Vietnam Flora of Korea Flora of Japan Flora of the Ryukyu Islands Plants described in 1821 {{Dipsacales-stub